Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801, January 1 | John Ormsby Vandeleur | Tory | 1801: Co-opted | |
| 1802, July 22 | Rt Hon. James Fitzgerald | Tory | Resigned (appointed Escheator of Munster) | |
| 1808, February 25 | Rt Hon. William Vesey Fitzgerald | Tory | a | |
| 1812, October 24 | Rt Hon. James Fitzgerald | Tory | Resigned (appointed Escheator of Munster) | |
| 1813, January 4 | Rt Hon. William Vesey Fitzgerald | Tory | a | |
| 1818, June 26 | Spencer Perceval | Tory | Not the Prime Minister assassinated in 1812 | |
| 1820, March 18 | Sir Ross Mahon, Bt | Tory | Resigned (appointed Escheator of Munster) | |
| 1820, June 29 | Richard Wellesley | Tory | ||
| 1826, June 16 | Thomas Frankland Lewis | Tory | Resigned | |
| 1828, April 23 | William Smith O'Brien | Tory | b | |
| 1831, May 11 | Rt Hon. William Vesey-Fitzgerald | Tory | Succeeded as the 2nd Baron Fitzgerald and Veseya | |
| 1832, February 28 | Sir Augustine Fitzgerald, Bt | Tory | ||
| 1832, December 20 | Francis McNamara | Repeal Association | ||
| 1835, January 14 | Hewitt Bridgeman | Liberal | ||
| 1847, August 3 | The O'Gorman Mahon | Repeal Association | ||
| 1852, July 13 | Rt Hon. John David Fitzgerald | Liberal | Became a member of the Independent Irish Party | |
| 1852 | Independent Irish | Appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland, as a Liberal | ||
| 1855, March 8 | Liberal | Appointed Judge of the Irish Queen's Bench | ||
| 1860, February 20 | William Stacpoole | Liberal | Sought re-election as a Home Rule League candidate | |
| 1874, February 5 | Home Rule League | Died | ||
| 1879, February 28 | James Lysaght Finigan | Home Rule League | 1880: Supporter of Parnellite faction. Resigned. | |
| 1882, November 14 | Matthew Joseph Kenny | Home Rule League | Last MP for the constituency | |
| 1885 | Constituency abolished | |||
Notes:-
- a William Vesey Fitzgerald (MP for Ennis 1808-1812 and 1813-1818) appears to be the same person as William Vesey-Fitzgerald, the MP from 1831 to 1832, although the biographical article in Wikipedia does not confirm this. Walker includes all three terms as MP for Ennis in one index entry.
- b Stooks Smith classifies O'Brien as a Whig MP, but the Wikipedia biographical article suggests he was a Conservative MP (i.e. a Tory) in 1828-1831.
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